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FENCE POSTS MADE DURABLE. Woods elven 16 Years' Service by Preservative Treatment. Fence posts of many kinds of cheap woods which ordinarily would soon decay if set in the ground can bo made to last for 20 years by a simple treatment with creosote. MoBt of tho so-called 'Inferior'" woods are well' adapted tt> the treatment, and this is especially truo of cottonwood, aspen, willow! HVdRmnra. low-grade pines, ao i some ot the KU ms. When pro perly, treated these woods out-last Untreated cedar and oak. which aro becoming too scarce and too much in demand for other uses to allow of their meeting the demands for fence posts. Impregnation with creosote has **9 been greatly cheapened by the intro duction of the "open tank," which can be insta lied at a cost of from $30 to $45, or much less if .an old boiler ls used. A tank with a bot tom twelve feet square in area will suffice for treating forty or fifty six inch posts a day, or double this num ber when two runs per day can be made. The absorption .of creosote per post is about as follows: Euca lyptus, one-tenth gallon; willow, two-tenths gallon; sassafras, ash, hickory, red oak, ?vater oak, elm and maple, four-tenths gallon; Douglas . fir, quabing aspen and black "walnut, six-tenths gallon; sycamore, cotton wood and lodgepole pine, seven tenths gallon. The price of creosote is about ten cents per gallon in the East and Middle West, sixteen cents per gallon on the Pacific coast, and twenty-seven cents per gallon In the Rocky Mountain States. The coat of treating a post will, therefore, vary from four to fifteen cents.' Properly treated, it'should glvo Borvlce for at least twenty years. Experiments of the forest service show that with preservative treat ment the durability of lodgepolo pine in Idaho has increased sixteen years. The cost of creosote ls there j relatively high, yet by treating posts ty there is a saving, with interest at 6 A per cent, of two centB per post yearly. .E' More important than the saving, however, ls tho fact that through preservative treatment other woods are fitted to take the place of cedar, of which tho supply is rapidly becom ing exhausted. A detailed description of experi ments in preserving fence -posts, to gether' with practical au gestion s for treating them on a commercial scale, aro contained In Circular 117 of tho forest service. This publica tion can be obtained upon applica tion to the forester at Washington. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least ore dreaded disease that Bcience has been aldo to cure In all Its stages, and that fs catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positivo cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh bel?g a constitutional dis ease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foun dation of the disease, and giving tho patient strength by ' building up the . constitution and assisting nature in s doing Its work. The proprietors have BO much faith In Its curative powers that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that lt fails to cure. Send for Hst of testimonials. Address. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 76c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. LABOR CONTRACT LAW. Chief Justice Calla Supremo and Cir cuit Court Judges to Meet Jan. 10. Columbia, Jan. 9.-Chief Justice Pope signed an order calling an en bane meeting of the circuit and su preme court Judges L^re on January 16, to pass upon the constitutional ly ity of the labor contract law involved i lu the case of ex parte Holleman. In 1 the Charleston case, originating about the same time, Judge Braw ley, In the Federal Court, declared the act a form of peonage and there fore unconstitutional, but an appeal has been taken from this. Stops earache in tv. . minutes; toothache or pain of burn or scald in five minutes; hoarseness, ono hour; mu8cleache. two hours; sore throat, twelve hours-Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil, monarch over pain. Historic Building Burned. Newbern, N. C., Jan. 9.-The old historic building, which was a part of Tryon Palace before the Revolu tionary war, was destroyed by fire to-day. The building was used as a residence by James B. Duffy, and was In an excellent state of preser vation, despite Its extreme age. The fire originated in the attic from a de fective Cue. WHY SLOAN'S LINIMENT AND VETERINARY REMEDIES ARE THE BEST TO USE. Let me tell you why Sloan's Lini ment and Veterinary Remedies are the safest and most practical on the market to-day. In the first place, Dr. Earl S. Sloan ls tho son of a vete rinary surgeon, and from his earliest infancy ho was associated with horses. He bought and sold horses whllo yet very young. He practicod as a veterinary for twenty years, and has battled successfully with every dis ease to which that animal ls subject. All his reraodles are tho result of experiments made to save life or ro Hovo suffering whilo he was practic I lng his profession. Any reader, by writing to Dr. Earl S. Sloan, 615 Albany street, Boston, Vasa., will receive "Sloan's Treatise i .i tho Horse," free. This book tells how to troat horses, cattle, hogs and poultry. SHAKE IN A BOTTLE. Advice of a Nou d Authority--Also Gives a Simple Home Prescription. Now is the time when the doctor gets busy, and the patent medicine manufacturers reap the harvest, un less great care is taken to dress warmly and keep tho feet dry. This is the advice of an old eminent au thority, who says that rheumatism and kidney trouble weather is hore and also tells what to do In ca>:e ni an ?itni?.-:. Get from any good prescription pharmacy one-half ounce Fluid Ex tract Dandelion, one ounce Com pound Karoon, three ounces Com pound Syrup Sarsaparilla. Mix- by shaking In a bottle and take a tea spoonful after meals and at bedtime Just try this simple home *nado mixture at the first sign of rh*>uaa tlsra, or if your back aches or you feel that the kidneys are not acting just right. This is said to be a splen did kidney regulator, and almost cer tain remedy for all forms of rheuma tism, which is caused by uric acid In the blood, which the kidneys fail to filter out. Any one can easily pre pare this at home and at small cost. Druggists in this town and vicinity, when shown the ' prescription?, stated that they can either supply these In gredients, or, If our readers prefer, they will compound the mixture for them. For . Absolute Prohibition. (Greenville News.) Senator Tillman lias introduced in the Senate a resolution which consti tutes the first move toward absolute prohibition. This resolution directs tho Committee on Finance to in quire whether it ls practicable for the National Government to discon tinue issuing permits to retail li quor dealers to sell liquor in States, counties, and municipalities in which local option 'prevails. Kentucky, North Carolina and other Southern States have found it difficult to enforce their prohibition laws because of the issuance of such permits. What the experience In this State has been ls too fresh In the memory to need tho calling of special attention to it. When Geor gia and Alabama go dry they will havA n nlmUnr eypor!ence. . While Senator Ti'lrcan's advocacy of total prohibition In this particular instance is at variance with his past record In South Carolina, still at the same time should ho be successful in his present ???U??H he win bring to boar a measure that will come near er bringing about total prohibition in "dry" territory than any legisla tion that has over been enacted. PInesalve Carbollzed acts like a poultice, draws out Inflammation and poison. Antiseptic, healing. For chapped hands, Ups, cuts, burns. Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lu: ney, Seneca. TO LIBEL THE LANDS Of Moonshiners-Government May Get Lot of N. C. Property, c Charlotte, N. C., January 9.-Dis trict Attorney A. E. Holton to-day re ceived Instructions from the United S ates Commissioner of Internal Rev er ne to at once take steps to libel la. ds of all persons In the Smlth to\ *n district of Forsyth county who ha e been or shall bo convicted of ilLcIt distilling. Under the law the land so libelled reverts to the gov ernment, to be disposed of as lt sees flt. This move ls inspired by the de termination of the government to break up the hotbed of moonshiners in Forsyth county, the most notori ous in tho State. It was at Smith town that Officer Hendricks lost his life two weeks ago while leading a raid against moonshiners. Two men are in jail charged with the murder and officers are hunting others. The law ls sweeping and through its ope ration Attorney Holton, who has be gun preparations to enforce it, ex pects to break up the Smithtown set tlement. The district embraces over four thousand acres of fine farming lands in the centre of the State. CAPT. CARTER LOSES MONEY Won bj Fraud-Government Gets $400,000 from Carter. Chicago, Jan. 9.-Judge Kohlsaat, in tho United States Circuit Court, rendered a decision this afternoon in favor of the government in the suit of Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, formerly United States Army Engineer, who was charged with having defrauded the government of 1700,000 through conspiracy with Contractors Green and Gaynor. Tho court rulod that Carter was not entitled to the $400,000 In Union Pacific registered railroad bonds and other securities traced by the gov ernment to safety deposit vaults and banks in various parts of 4the coun try. Under tho decision tho govern ment will rotaln these securities, and the famous case, which resulted In the conviction of Capt. Carter and of Green and Gaynor, and tho impos ing of penitentiary sentences, ls brought to a close. STOLE RINGS TO GET DRUGS. Wife of Prlminent Atlanta Real Es? tate Dealer Under Arrest. Atlanta, Jan. 9.-Mrs. A.T. Brand, wife of a prominent real estate deal or, residing at College Park, near this ci'..- , is now under arrest at po lice stttlon, charged with the theft of two rings from a jewelry store of this city. One of the rings was said to have been takon prior to Christ mas, and the other to-day. Mrs. Brand has stated that she is addict ed to a drug and that her husband hos been ill, and unnblo to glvo her money lately, so she wont to the Jowolry store and left cheap rings in the place of tho valuable ones. She ls the mother of threo children. OA.BTORXA. Boan tho The Kind You Have Always Bought \ OBJECT TO LIEN LAW. Seo Island Cotton Men Mot-Desire Repeal of Labor Statute. Charleston, S. C, Jan. 8.-Two Important questions came before th? Sea Island Cotton Seed Association yesterday, at the second session, which followed the very excellent luncheon at the Commeroial Club. U was decided by the assoclatlou board to ipsert the word "cotton" into their name, and so expand the Functions of tho association to the wldent degree, and tho matter of endorsing the repeal of the lien law, which ls Just now being generally agitated in this State, was not for mally passed upon by the members of the association, but very gene rally favored In the expressions made at the second session. "We would have endorsed the rer peal movement in the lien law ques tion," said the Hon. E. Mitchell Sea brook, "but for the fact that this action did not seem relevaut to the functions of the ?association. There ls no doubt that the sea Island plant ers favor the repeal of the law, and for three good reasons. "First, the repeal of this law will help us solve our labor problem to some extent. Many worthless ne groes mortgage their crops and stock to one >or two merchants or factors, and then find themselves unable to meet their obligations after the crop is ready for picking, simply because they have been unable to apply them selves diligently to their farming. As a result these worthless negroes leave the Islands, and go to Florida rather than to face the music. Their flight leaves the mortgagors' in the hole, and takes Just that much labor out of the long staple districts. "Second, the city of Charleston will be benefited by the repeal of the Hen law. A uegro working tor himself will only produce, as a rule, about one-tenth thc cotton ho will cultivate under intelligent direction of the white planter. Working him self he cuts dowu the cotton yield, but as a laborer for the while olan ter he ls ten times as valuable. Th'J will help Charleston to receive moro cotton. "Third, we believe that the really worthy negro will bo benefited by tho repeal. The good negroes who plant cotton in this territory are well known. They may got ""assist ance from us without all the require ments or the Hen law, and will not suffer from. Its repeal. With the credit afforded them by the white planters and merchants, they will be abie to plant without the Hen law hugbenr threatening them." The attitude of Mr. Seabrook was heartily endorsed by President T. J. Mikell, who did not. hesitate to state that the association as a whole was against the lien law, and would sup port Its it peal. Tho matter of Inserting the word ' cotton" into the title of the asso ciation is very important. The in sertion of this word will bo submit ted to the individual vote or will of every member of tho association, who will be given an opportunity of ap proving of the change or of reject ing lt, when the papers necessary for Its adoption are presented to them for their signatures. When the ?Sea Island Cotton and Cotton Seed Association In force tho planters could as a body act to gether In any movement looking to higher prices for their products. Their association would become more general In Its scope, and would, lt ls thought, make the long staple planters here a more formidable fac tor. It will be unnecessary for you to go through a painful, expensive ope ration for piles If you use ManZan. Put up in collapsible tubes with noz zle, ready to apply to the soreness and inflammation. For any form of piles. Price 50c. Guaranteed. Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lun ney, Seneca. DIES IN JURY BOX. Juror was Stricken with Heart Fail ure-Thought He was ? Asleep. New York, Jan. 9.-The greatest excitement broke loose to-day in the Court of General Sessions when it was discovered that Moses Glenick, a Juror, who was apparently asleep in his chair, was dead. The clerk called the man's name three times and ano! IKT juror leaned over and touched the dead man, who had been stricken with heart failure. An un important case was on trial. Aro You Sure Your Kidneys aro WeU ? Many rheumatic attacks are due to uric acid in tho blood. But the duty of the kidneys is to remove all uric acid from the blood. . Its presence there shows the kidneys aro inactive. Don't dally with "uric acid solvents." You might go on until doomsday with them, but until you cure the kidneys you will never get well. Doan's Kidney Pills not only romove uric acid, but cure the kidneys and then all danger from uric acid ls ended. Rupert B. Calvo, bookbinder, em ployed at The State Publishing Co., offlcial printers for tho State of South Carolina, living at 1010 Lumber St., Columbia, S. C., says: "I thought I had rheumatism and was treated for lt on that belief. I usod all kinds of liniments?. The pain was in my back and In my hips clear to the shoul ders. The liniments did no good, and I took to blood medicines, but they did not help me. I took a long trip in hopes that the chango of cli mate might help me. I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills and determined to try them, and got a box at a drug store. Thoy completely romovod tho pains out of my back, and I have not felt a touch of the old trouble since I used them." For sale by all dealors. Price 50 conts. Fo8ter-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the Un'ted States. Remember tho name-Doan's and take no other. GRAFT?KG DONK BY SCHMITZ Not a Crime-So Declares District Court of Appeals. \ ? San Francisco, Jan. 9.-The Dis trict Court of Appeals handed down a decision to-day setting aside the judgment in the eas) of former Mav or Eugene E. Schmitz, convicted of extortion in the drench restaurant case. Abe Reuf also benefits hy the ruling of the upper court, for, ac cording to its derision, he pleaded guilty to an act that was not an offense against the laws of tin- stain Taking "Foes" Not a Crime. According to the Appelate Judges, the compelling of French restaurants to pay "fees" to Abe Reuf was not a crime, even though Reuf divided the fees with the mayor. After discussing the point the Court reversed the judgment against Schmitz on the ground that no acts constituting a crimo had been proven against him. Abe Reuf, who pleaded guilty to extorting money from the French restaurants, is therefore, equally guiltless. The decision wipes out the French reetauraut cases and pending charg?s of extortion against Schmitz and Rent' must he dismissed. Both are now entitled to rolease on hall. If they obtain the necessary bonds men they can remain at liberty until euch time as a jury finds them guilty on one of the indictments charging thom with receiving bribes from cor por?tlonv. Owing to the number of coses against them the ball, figured $10,000 a case, would reach an enor mous figure. fOlEYSldsSSYCUSE Makos Kidneys and C's 1 dor Right BORROWED ON POLICIES. Insurance Policy Holders Get Money from Uie Companies. ? New York, Jan. 13.-Tho extent to which life insurance policies wore made the basis for loans throughout tho stress of tho recent financial (lur ry ls .meisurnb?y revealed In the cur rent report of ono of the big lifo insurance companies, the figures chowing that 80,000 policy holders borrowed a total of $26,000,000 from the company on their policies in 19 07, a large proportion of the loans being made recently to men of considerable means who carry poli cies fer sums ranging from $50,000 to $200.000. The company was compelled by the terms of its policies to make the loans, some of which were the re sult of the policy holders' inability to pay their, premiums. These bor rowed the money from the company to make tho payments and keep in good standing. Borrowing for investment, buying of stocks, was another factor in tho heavy demand for loans when the money stringency was at its height. Insurance men Bay that many of the borrowers were undoubtedly tempted by tho low price of securi ties during the panic and obtained money in thlB way for stock market Investments. NOAHS LINIMENT FOP ALL i CREATION effective economical & cte an-to-use remedy tor a//acnes, ana*patos /n man andbeast A Or. il norn? Rc m ?ly. Tot aa)* by n i druoifU and dreier?, 15c. Money refunded SI ft fallito dnalt claimed. NOAH KUI KUY Co., Ilotlon, Mu,., ll S.A. SURVIVOR FOUND ON REEF. Only Man Who Escaped from Wreck of Houseboat. -1- A Cedar Keys, Fla., Jan. 9.-The only survivor of the flv? men who were washed to sea on the Ill-fated house-boat Tuesday morning was brought hore to-day, having been found on an oyster reef by a tug boat. After being battered about for a time by the storm tue boat went to pieces. This survivor and one other man managed to keep afloat on part of tho wreckage, but while helplessly drifting in the gulf ono of the men died from exhaustion. The rescued man was in a pitiable con dition when rescued, his clothing having been torn from his body and he was almost dead from exhaus tion. Feeding Infants with Liquor. According to recent French writ ers, infants in arms aro fed with al coholic liquors in Normandy with tho most disastrous offoctB. Dr. Brunon writes: "In Normandy it is not unu sual to see women mix coffee aud Cognac in nursing battles. Thone women aro employed outside their homes; therefore some means must be devised to keep their babies quiet in tho cradles during their absence. The Ingenuity takes this form: A bottle containing the mixture ls placed under tho pillow to keep it warm, and attached thoreto ls a long rubber tube, which tho child, once tho nipple is placed betweon its Ups, reluctantly gives up. Automatically it 'gets drunk,' and, thanks to its heavy slumbers, tho noighbors aro not disturbed." H EB The Kind Toa Have Always 3 In use for over SO years, and h AU Cou ute rici i s, Imitations Experiments tl jut trifle witt Infants and Children-Expo What is C Castoria is a harmless sube goric? Drops and Soothing contains neither Opium? M< ?substance. Its age is its gui and allays Feverishness? It Colic. It relieves Teething ' and Flatulency. It assimili Stomach and Bowels? gi vin j The Children's Panacea-Th GENUINE CASI Bears tho The Kind You Ha1 In Use For O THC CENTAUR COMPKNV, TV MU GEORGE PEABODY'S GIFT. | Windin;', up tho Peabody Education Trust. When on February 7, 1867, Geo Peabody made his gift of a million dollars i the income of which w?? io be applied for the promotion of In tellectual, moral and Industrial edu cation among the young of the more destitute portions of the Southern and Southwestern States, he also placed in tho hands of his trustees bonds of tho State of Mississippi, commonly known as Planters' Bank bonds, amounting, with Interest to about 11,100,000. On June 29th, ,1869, Mr. Peabody gave to the trus tees of his fund securities amount ing to $1,000,000, and, in addition, Florida 6 per cent bonds, ' *i*Ah, with overdue coupons, amount^;, to about $384,000. Mr. Peabody con templated the possibility that by! 1897 his trustees might close the trust. The trustees, in the exercise of the broad discretion given them by Mr. Peabody, omitted for a while in tho eighties Mississippi and Flori da from the distribution of the in come of the fund, with the gentle hint that such a policy would be maintained until the annual Inter est on the bonds should be paid or some provision for the recognition and adjustment of the bonds should be made. N Ten years have passed since the Peabody trustees have had a right to CIOBO up the Peabody Trust. Within that time the Ogden Movement has had a lively Interest In the fund. How much of the prolongation of the trust these ten years ls traceable to the effort to induce a recognition and adjustment of the whole issue of the bonds specially mentioned, in cluding those held by the Peabody Trust, and to what extent has that interest and the desire to involve in the Ogden Movement the winding up of, the Peabody Trust been re sponsible for the delay in ending, the trust? TWO REPORTED LYNCHED. Negroes Who Used Hatched Quickly Put Out of Way. Hawklnsville, Ga., Jan. 9.-At Goldsboro, in the upier part of the county, last night at 9 o'clock, two negroes made a murderous assault on Mr. and Mrs. Martin Livingston, striking the former on the head with a hatchet and cutting the throat of the latter. Though seriously hurt, it is thought they will recover. The deev. was committed by farra hands on the place, one of whom Mr. Livingston :?' M out of tue gang, it is reported that both have been lynched. .>O4>4>O4?0??ft>?: Rapid changes o? on the toughest com The conductor pal inside of a trolley car of the platform-the < hour or so in a heat walking against a bi difficulty of avoiding Scoffs Emut body so that it can danger of cold from ch It wiil help you to ? % ALL ORUQQISTSl m sss RIA Gtought. tm? which has been, has borne the Signatare of AS been made under Ids per? supervision since its infancy? no one to doceive you in this? and " JuHl>us-good" are bud k and endanger the health off rienee against Experiment* ASTORIA itftute for Castor Oil, Pare . Syrups. It is Pleasant. , I fe orphine nor other Narcotio manteo. It destroys Worms eures Diarrhoea and "Wind Troubles, eures Constipation i tea the Food, regulates tho r healthy ??na natural sleep* o Mother's Friend. "ORIA ALWAYS Signature of ire Always Bought ver 30 Years. IIMAV a-MCCT, NSW VQfkKOIYV. HARRY THAW WAGERS He'll Ile a Free .Man by Fohnmry 22d, Next. New York. Jan. 7.-Harry K. Thaw is BO convinced ot his swift acquittal at his second trial for tho murder of Stanford White, that ho has made a wager with a fellow prisoner in the Tombs that he would be a free man by Washington's birth day-February 22. The young Pittsburger told his fol low prisoner, Tonoy Bones, also held i or murder, and of whom he made a companion, that 'ho had gone over the plans for the defense with his lawyers, and that he waa certain tho coming trial would not last mc. >.i than seven weeks. Bones 1B an 18-year-old bootblack and newsboy, formerly known by hundreds of tho crowdB that daily pass the entrance of the Brooklyn bridge. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has broken with her old friends, May McKenzie. Such was the rumor current to-day among those who know moBt about the condition of affairs in the Thaw family. According to the report, young Mrs. Thaw, after years of friendship, has thrown over her old chorus girl chum at the behest of the heads ot the Thaw family. All during the trial May McKenzie, sat' beside Evelyn Thaw, sharing with her the hard work of the fre ' quent visits to the Tombs and some of the preparation of the case. They had been chums ever since they met in a Broadway chorus, and their friendship seemed likely to continue, for May McKenzie was the one who took care of Evelyn Nesbit and Harry Thaw when they were turned otft of the Cumberland Hotel, and could not find any other lodging place. It has been known for seve ral months, however, that the other members of the Thaw family have been bitterly opposed to the McKen zie girl. They have tried often to Induce Eyelyn Thaw to give her up. Of late their efforts have proved successful. Mrs. Thaw has a new friend, a MIBB Spencer, with whom she will probably sit during the com ing trial. What This Country Needs. (Gaffney Ledger.) 1 What this country needs is not I more money so much as more men-. men of honor and intogrity, mon who desire and dare to do the right, men who follow God's command to live by the sviat of the brow rather than the wit o. the brain, men who deal gently with each other and lend a helping hand to their weaker broth? crs. ??>?><>*> <?.&.??.?*?>< I temperature are hard titution. ?sing from the heated to the icy temperature canvasser spending an ed building ".nd then ting wind-know the cold. S?on strengthens the better withstand the langes of temperature? ? void taking cold. 50o. AND S LOO.